Published 17:10 IST, September 24th 2019

London repatriates 10 per cent of Thomas Cook's UK customers

Britain says it has repatriated 10% of British nationals who were left fending for themselves abroad after the collapse of tour company Thomas Cook authorities

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After dramatic bankruptcy of global travel group, it has been reported that 10% of people have been repatriated. y were left fending for mselves abro after collapse of tour company Thomas Cook authorities have revealed on September 24 as anger over excessive manrial level pay. British Civil Aviation authority which is managing repatriation of a scale t experienced since World War II after Thomas Cook went bust revealed in a statement that it has flown back 14,700 of 150,000 stuck British nationals on September 23. Aviation authority later said that it hopes to bring back ar batch of 16,500 people by today.

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CAA: Unprecedented repatriation

sudden collapse of Thomas Cook has left around 600,000 clients of several nationalities stranded across popular tourist destinations across world including Cancun, Kos, Las Vegas, and Lanzarote. CAA Chief executive Richard Moriarty in a statement said: Following very s news ... that Thomas Cook h stopped tring and its aircraft were grounded, we launched at government's request our operation to return more than 150,000 people to UK. 

Moriarty furr, reportedly, ded: A repatriation of this scale and nature is unprecedented and unfortunately re will be some inconvenience and disruption for customers. "We will do everything we can to minimize this as operation continues. "We want people to continue to enjoy ir holiday, so we will bring m back to UK on ir original departure day, or very soon reafter. Meanwhile, criticism is mounting over pay of Thomas Cook's manment, who steered 178-year-old company into rocks with vast debts. Sun tabloid newspaper slammed Thomas Cook's "fat cat bosses", ding that group's previous five chief executives h amassed a total of 47 million pounds (53 million euros/$58 million) in pay and bonuses since 2007. 

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struggling company paid millions to a chief executive

Reportedly, w-defunct company's Swiss division he Peter Fankhauser who expressed regret for Group going bust on September 23 has been paid a massive sum of 8.4 million pounds since year 2014. In New York where  British Prime Minister is going for UN General Assembly has questioned as to wher a failing company's executives should receive huge salaries, British Prime Minister said: 

"He has questions for wher it is right that directors or whoever hes board to pay mselves in large amounts when businesses go down like that. When posed a question about tougher and stricter rules PM Johnson said that re should be some system where tour operators insure mselves against this kind of event. "

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As per reports, Thomas Cook h grappled with fierce online competition for years and h blamed uncertainty around Brexit for recent slide in number of bookings and reservations, declared insolvency after unable to secure 200 million pounds from private investors. September 23rd anuncement about bankruptcy has been accompanied by long periods of deep financial troubles after a string of mergers affected travel firm with rising debt, a huge network of branches and excess costs. Civil Aviation Authority will continue repatriating UK passengers home till October 6.

Thomas Cook, which h struggled against fierce online competition for years and blamed Brexit uncertainty for a recent drop in bookings, declared bankruptcy after failing to secure 200 million from private investors. Monday's bankruptcy followed a lengthy period of chronic financial turmoil after a disastrous series of mergers left it burdened with soaring debt, a large branch network and high costs. CAA shall continue to fly UK passengers home until October 6, with those affected asked to check its official website.

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14:46 IST, September 24th 2019